diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index 56c4d2236484f7..a08a4d6f540f9f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -3778,16 +3778,6 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_workers_get(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static noinline_for_stack void scrub_workers_put(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
-{
-	if (--fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt == 0) {
-		btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->scrub_workers);
-		btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->scrub_wr_completion_workers);
-		btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->scrub_parity_workers);
-	}
-	WARN_ON(fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt < 0);
-}
-
 int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 		    u64 end, struct btrfs_scrub_progress *progress,
 		    int readonly, int is_dev_replace)
@@ -3796,6 +3786,9 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_device *dev;
 	unsigned int nofs_flag;
+	struct btrfs_workqueue *scrub_workers = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_workqueue *scrub_wr_comp = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_workqueue *scrub_parity = NULL;
 
 	if (btrfs_fs_closing(fs_info))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3935,9 +3928,16 @@ int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
 
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 	dev->scrub_ctx = NULL;
-	scrub_workers_put(fs_info);
+	if (--fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt == 0) {
+		scrub_workers = fs_info->scrub_workers;
+		scrub_wr_comp = fs_info->scrub_wr_completion_workers;
+		scrub_parity = fs_info->scrub_parity_workers;
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 
+	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(scrub_workers);
+	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(scrub_wr_comp);
+	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(scrub_parity);
 	scrub_put_ctx(sctx);
 
 	return ret;